1Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples , 2saying , The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses ’ seat : 3all things therefore whatsoever they bid you , these do and observe : but do not ye after their works ; for they say , and do not . 4Yea , they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men ’s shoulders ; but they themselves will not move them with their finger . 5But all their works they do to be seen of men : for they make broad their phylacteries , and enlarge the borders of their garments , 6and love the chief place at feasts , and the chief seats in the synagogues , 7and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called of men , Rabbi . 8But be not ye called Rabbi : for one is your teacher , and all ye are brethren . 9And call no man your father on the earth : for one is your Father , even he who is in heaven . 10Neither be ye called masters : for one is your master , even the Christ . 11But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant . 12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled ; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted .
The Blind Guides
13But woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men : for ye enter not in yourselves , neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter . 1415Woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte ; and when he is become so , ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves . 16Woe unto you , ye blind guides , that say , Whosoever shall swear by the temple , it is nothing ; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple , he is a debtor. 17Ye fools and blind : for which is greater , the gold , or the temple that hath sanctified the gold ? 18And , Whosoever shall swear by the altar , it is nothing ; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it , he is a debtor. 19Ye blind : for which is greater , the gift , or the altar that sanctifieth the gift ? 20He therefore that sweareth by the altar , sweareth by it , and by all things thereon . 21And he that sweareth by the temple , sweareth by it , and by him that dwelleth therein . 22And he that sweareth by the heaven , sweareth by the throne of God , and by him that sitteth thereon .
The Weightier Matters of the Law
23Woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin , and have left undone the weightier matters of the law , justice , and mercy , and faith : but these ye ought to have done , and not to have left the other undone. 24Ye blind guides , that strain out the gnat , and swallow the camel !
The Seven Woes
25Woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter , but within they are full from extortion and excess. 26Thou blind Pharisee , cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter , that the outside thereof may become clean also . 27Woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres , which outwardly appear beautiful , but inwardly are full of dead men ’s bones , and of all uncleanness. 28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men , but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29Woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets , and garnish the tombs of the righteous , 30and say , If we had been in the days of our fathers , we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets . 31Wherefore ye witness to yourselves , that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets . 32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers . 33Ye serpents , ye offspring of vipers , how shall ye escape the judgment of hell ? 34Therefore , behold , I send unto you prophets , and wise men , and scribes : some of them shall ye kill and crucify ; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues , and persecute from city to city : 35that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth , from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar . 36Verily I say unto you , All these things shall come upon this generation .
Lament over Jerusalem
37O Jerusalem , Jerusalem , that killeth the prophets , and stoneth them that are sent unto her ! how often would I have gathered thy children together , even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings , and ye would not ! 38Behold , your house is left unto you desolate . 39For I say unto you , Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say , Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord .